Emil sahleb



,E. SAHLER.

WIRE SPLICING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR 31. 1919.

1,322,136. Patented-Nov. 18,1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL SAHLER, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN W.HOLT, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

WIRE-SPLICING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Application filed March 31, 1919. Serial No. 286,234.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL SAHLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented new and use fnl Wire-Splicing Devices, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire splicers and the main object is to providea cheap but effective device for splicing broken fence wires and otherwires. Another object is to so construct the wire splicing device thatit will serve also as a wire tightener and wire stretcher.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a perspective view of my wiresplicing device when made also as a wire stretcher, with the ends of abroken barbed wire secured to it preparatory to splicing the same. Fig.2 is Fig. 1 turned to a position in which it has engaged the ends of thewire with each other and thus partly made the splice. Fig. 3 is amodification of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 shows a detail face view and side view ofthe yoke adapted to engage the rack teeth of the main lever. Fig. 5shows the splice under completion by auxiliary devices.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 6 designates the mainbar or lever of the device, said lever is in Fig. 3 shown in itssimplest form, having no claw end 7, but simply aratchet rack 8, alongone edge, and near one end a pin 9, and upon the lever is slidablymounted yoke 10, and near the pin 9 is a lug 12 to which is pivoted at13 a small lever 14 having a cam 15, between which and the main lever asingle or double fence wire may be pinched and held.

In the operation, if a wire 16 is to have its broken ends 1718 securedtogether, said ends are secured one to the horn 11, and the other ispinched by the cam 15, in the position shown in Fig, 1. The lever isthen turned end-for-end as in Fig. 2 with the result that the wires getstretched and will form two sharp angles 1920, as shown in Figs. 2 and5, the main tool is then removed and the splice is finished by graspingone of the angular bends in a pair of pliers, 21, and placing a smallperforated bar of iron, 22, upon the wire end 17 and winding it aboutthe main wire, as at 23 in Fig. 5. The pliers are then placed over saidwound wire 23 and the tool 22 placed upon the wire end 18, which is thenwound in similar manner about the main wire 16. If the ends of a brokenfence wire are not long enough to be thus spliced together, a piece ofwire will be put into the broken place by two splices of the kind justdescribed.

To prevent possible slipping of the wire under the cam 15, the end ofthe wire is also bent about the peg 9 of the lever, and the rack 8 andyoke 10, enable the wire ends to be overlapped as much as possible, andthe reversing of the lever causes the wire to be stretched preparatoryto splicing it.

The claw-shaped end 7 of the lever, the dog 1 1*, the plate 2 1 and hookrods 25 enables the device to be used as a wire stretcher and wiretightener; but as the use of those parts and the lever 6, with rack 8and auX- iliary tool 22 will be found fully described in an applicationfor wire stretcher filed by myself and one, Holt, simultaneously withthe present application, I will not here repeat said description.

What I claim is 1. A wire splicing tool comprising a main lever-havingalong one edge a ratchet rack, and means upon the lever for engaging twowires to be spliced; said means comprising a yoke slidable on the leverand adapted to engage in the ratchet rack and having a hook to engageone of the wires and a cam lever pivoted near one end of the main leverand arranged to pinch and hold the other wire between its cam and aportion of the main lever; the space between said hook and cam leverbeing unobstructed to allow the two wiresto cross and interlock witheach other when the main lever is turned end-for-end.

2. The structure specified in claim 1, and auxiliary means on the mainlever for aiding the cam lever in holding firmly the Wire engaged bysaid cam lever.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EMIL SAHLER.

